Feeder for threshing-machines.



No. 697,095. Patented Apr. 8, I902.

T. E. MAHONEY.

FEEDER FOR THRESHING MACHINES.

(Application filed Apr. 27, 1901.)

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FEEDER FOR THBESHING MACHINES.

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THOMAS E. MAIIONEY, OF BUNKERHILL, KANSAS.

FEEDER FOR THRESHlNG-MACHINES.

SEECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,095, dated April 8,1902.

Application filed April 27, 1901.

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Be it known that I, THOMAS E. MAHONEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bunkerhill, in the county of Russell and State of Kansas,have invented a new and useful Feeder for Threshing-Machines, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention is an improved feeder for threshing-machines; and itconsists in the peculiar construction and combination of deviceshereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

My present invention is an improvement upon the threshing-machine feederfor which Letters Patent of the United States No. 658,665 were grantedto me September 25,1900.

The object of my present improvements is to provide an additionalconveyer in the bottom of the hopper to feed the grain to thefeeder-conveyer, and a further object of my present improvements is toprovide side conveyers which operate on opposite sides of and inconjunction with the feed-conveyer, thereby increasing the efficiency ofthe machine.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view of a threshing-machine feeder embodying my improvements.Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, taken on a planeindicated by the line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of thesame with the governor omitted. Fig. l is an end elevation of a modifiedform of my invention. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same.

In carrying out my present improvements I lengthen the hopper 1, whichis mounted on the trucks 2, and in the bottom thereof from its front endto a point near its center I locate an endless traveling conveyor3,which comprises the endless traveling element 4, having the usualcross-bars 5, and the rollershafts 6 7, which are connected by theendless traveling elemcnt. The said shafts are mounted in suitablebearings, and the shaft 6 has at its ends sprocket-wheels 8. Theinclined feeder-conveyer 9, which conveys the grain from the hopper tothe separating and threshing machine,is disposed in the rear portion ofthe hopper and extends beyond and above the rear side thereof, as shown.The said feeder-conveyor comprises the endless traveling element 10 andthe roller-shafts 11 12, which are connected together thereby.

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The said shafts are journaled in suitable bearin gs. The shaft 12 isprovided with sprocketwheels 13,which are connected to thesprocketwheels 8 of shaft 6 by endless sprocket-chains 14:, and saidshaft 12 is further provided with a suitable power-pulley 15, by whichit may be driven to convey power to the feeder-conveyer 9 and to theconveyer 3. The former is fed by the latter.

The grain may be delivered to the hopper of my improved feeder either bymeans of a derrick-fork such as is described in the Letters Patentgranted to me, hereinbefore mentioned, or by any other suitable means,and I do not limit myself in this particular.

The sides of the hopper are provided with the inclined extensions 16,which are on opposite sides of that portion of the feeder-conveyer 9which extends beyond and above the rear end of the hopper.

In the sides of the hopper and at any suitable angle to thefeeder-conveyor 9 and on the sides thereof are auxiliary conveyors 17,each of which comprises an endless traveling element 18 of suitableconstruction and a pair of roller-shafts 19 20, the former being locatedat the lower inner ends of said auxiliaryjconveyers and the latter beinglocated at the outer ends thereof, as shown. The said shafts 20 areconnected to the shaft 11 of the feederconveyer by miter-gears 21, andthereby power is conveyed from the feeder-conveyor to the auxiliaryconveyors and the latter are caused to operate in unison with theformer, as indicated by the arrows in the drawings.

A governor mechanism 22, which is here shown as of the constructiondescribed in the before-mentioned Letters Patent, but which may be ofany suitable construction, is located above the feeder-conveyer 9, nearthe dis charge end thereof and between the auxiliary or side conveyors17 and in combination with said feeder and auxiliary conveyers regulatesthe quantity of grain delivered by the feeder and auxiliary conveyors tothe threshing and separating machine.

On the outer sides of the hopper are overhanging shields 1, which extendnearly the entire length of the machine, which shields cover thedriving-belts, as shown, the driving-belts being indicated at 1 1, andthus preventing the same from being obstructed by loose grain and alsopreventing the opera 1 posed above said feeder-conveyer and betives frombeing caught by the belts. tween said auxiliary conveyers, substantiallyHaving thus described my invention, I as described. claim- In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as I 5 5 In a feeder for threshing machines,the my own I have hereto affixed my signature in combination with ahopper, of a feeder-conthe presence of two Witnesses.

veyer leadin therefrom a conveyer in the i bottom of th: said hopperdischarging onto THOMAS MAHONEY' said feeder-conveyer, auxiliaryconveyers 0n Witnesses:

10 the sides of said feeder-conveyor, and at an W. H. BIAYS,

angle thereto, and a governor mechanism dis- 1 G. W. OARNELs.

